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Purchased at Depanneur Peluso in Montreal on Wednesday, August 6, 2008. Drank Saturday, August 9, 2008.

Bottle is different than the picture on BA. Alchimiste is printed in the middle of the label with Claire below resting between two symbols, the top being a golden Fleur de Lis and I am unsure what the bottom symbol is. Top left of the label reads Biere Blonde, top right Blond Beer. Bottom left Joliette, Queec, bottom right 5% alc./vol.

Poured a hazy, cloudy straw yellow. Bubbly head disspipated quickly and lacing clung to the side of the glass for mere seconds. Smells fruity, ciderish. Taste is very sweet and reminiscent of Granny Smith Woodpecker Cider or turned wine. Mouthfeel is clean, minor alcohol vapor, but very light. Very easy to drink, but not something I'd particularly like to drink much of. I really enjoyed the smell of this beer when I opened the bottle, but it was all downhill from there.

Bottle: Poured a clear light golden color lager with a small white fizzy head with light retention and no lacing. Aroma of light cereal notes is quite bland. Taste is also dominated by light bland cereal notes. Body is about average for style. Not much to report here as this is a pretty standard light lager with maybe a tad more cereal notes than usual.

Pours a sickly yellow body that seems listless and lifeless. Not much head and lacing. Flavor isn't much, has a malt base but lacks anything interesting. Nothing offensive about this but it's boring and offers nothing amongst a plethora of well craft low ABV beers.

Appearance - The beer pours a slightly hazy pale straw colour with a small fizzy white head. There is an average amount of carbonation showing. There isn't much lacing and the head stuck around for only a few minutes before it was gone.

Smell - vinegar, hops, breads/grains, a grassiness

Taste & Mouth - There beer actually have a fairly nice mouth feel. A nice amount of carbonation and the bubbles are fairly large in size. The most noticeable flavours are breads/grains and a slight rustiness or vinegar. I can also taste citrus zest and light hops. The beer finishes with a slightly bitter aftertaste.

Drink - Another average beer from this brewer. It's not awful; but it's not something I'd buy again.

The look of it: Not much to say: Golden yellow color. Very light with lots of carbonation but not head to it.

The smell of it: A smell of apple. Very pleasant !

The taste of it: Grassy hops with a punch of apple to it. Once again very pleasant. But the aftertaste is awful, like what the hell. It just destroy the nice smooth taste that u had in the beginning. It takes a good 2 minutes before you are getting a pleasant taste inside your mouth.

So overall would i recommend it ? Sure, there is nothing wrong with that beer, expect this after taste. I mean if you eat something with it, you won t even notice it but for a Micro Beer I personally think there is better. But as a regular beer, this beer is worth trying !

Got this one from a recent trip up to Montreal. Looks like a blonde ale (not surprisingly) with little to no head. A nice smell with a very faint creamy flavor at first, almost vanilla. After it subsides there is a light lemony or sour taste.

The finish reminds me a lot of the Thomas Hooker Blonde Ale in that it is slightly sour. I have the party mix of the L'Alchimiste beers so I'm looking forward to trying the other three varieties as well.

I got the mix pack of l'Alchimiste's 4 basic kinds of beer after at least one year of ignoring them as I walked by. By now my choices have gone down when I walk in a store therefore I decided to give them a chance. The reason I have walked straight past them for so long is there unattractive labels and lack of information on there bottles.

The beer pours a clear and pale blonde with medium effervescence and minimal head. It dissipates quickly and leaves no lacing. It smells like sweet cereals and a faint earthy hop background. The first taste comes from the sweetness of the grains but is quickly balanced by the earthy hops. It is crisp and refreshing with no aftertaste. It is very light bodied.Overall it is quite drinkable but there are many better fall back beers than this one. It is good but not anything I would go back to buying again, unless the choices are very limited.

A: Pale straw color. Fairly minimal amount of head but lacing was good.

S: A tad of apple on the smell. Slight bready aromas are also present.

T: Bready/doughy malts. Some grassy hops help balance out the beer. A bit of that displeasing apple cider smell was also available in the taste and while pretty slight was not that pleasant. Simple in complexion but still decent tasting. Very clean and lager like.

M: Pretty thin. Carbonation is fizzy and bubbly as it hits the mouth. Perhaps a bit more than I would like but nothing too excessive.

O: Not a horrible beer overall. Not something I would buy again or really enjoyed trying but it was okay. Nothing stood out but nothing dragged it down to far either.

12oz bottle from a mix 12-pack from Jovi in Gatineau - thanks Dad! Enjoyed immediately after mowing my postage stamp lawn. When poured cold, it comes out a slightly cloudy light gold that belies its name. It's almost "white". A bit of head and lots of carbonation. No lacing. Light malt aroma. First taste is lightly citrusy, which I wasn't expecting. Although this is listed as a lager, this one has some witbier qualities to it in my opinion, and I'm enjoying it.